Samwel Chebolei Masai (born 20 March 2001) is a Kenyan

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

Career

In February, 2019 Chebole Masai won the national junior cross country 8 km title at the Eldoret Sports Club. He then competed for Kenya at the

2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships were hosted in the city of Aarhus in Denmark. It was the 43rd edition of the championships and was held on 30 March 2019. A part of the course was run on the grounds and grass roof of the Moesgaard ...

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in March, 2019 finishing 8th in the junior category in a time of 24.19 in the individual race and contributing to the team's bronze in the team event. He ran a new personal best in

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on 8 June 2021 of 13:12.55 over

5000m The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Games and the World Championships in At ...

. On June 19, 2021, he earned a spot on the Kenyan team for the

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in the 5000m after finishing in the top 3 at the Kenyan Olympic trials in a time of 13:17.40. However, despite being on the start list of athletes he did not start his 5000m heat in Tokyo. He finished fifth and won team gold with Kenya at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships.

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* 2001 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners 21st-century Kenyan people {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub